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. 2023 Aug 14;17(8):e0011506. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011506

Table 1. Mean prevalence of S. mansoni infection and the number of unique 16S/COI haplotypes (No.), haplotype diversity scores (Hd) and nucleotide diversity values (π) of each Biomphalaria species genotyped at our Lake Albert and Lake Victoria collection sites (August 2010 collection).

Lake Albert
Species No. Infected Site Infection 16S COI
No. Hd π No. Hd π
Bugoigo B. sudanica (n = 20) 3 12.5% 7 0.784 0.000 3 0.532 0.002
B. pfeifferi (n = 20) 2 2 0.337 0.000 4 0.489 0.001
Piida B. sudanica (n = 20) 2 10% 6 0.716 0.000 2 0.521 0.002
Walukuba B. stanleyi (n = 20) 3 13.3% 10 0.884 0.002 10 0.815 0.003
B. sudanica (n = 20) 3 10 0.884 0.001 4 0.553 0.002
B. pfeifferi (n = 20) 2 3 0.468 0.001 6 0.832 0.002
Lake Victoria
Species No. Infected Site Infection 16S COI
No. Hd π No. Hd π
Bugoto B. choanomphala (n = 20) 1 5% 11 0.884 0.008 5 0.774 0.004
Bukoba B. choanomphala (n = 20) 1 5% 15 0.958 0.007 10 0.89 0.005
Lwanika B. choanomphala (n = 20) 2 10% 16 0.963 0.008 9 0.826 0.005

Note: Schistosoma mansoni infection was determined based on whether snails had a diagnostic band for both SmF/R (~350bp) and ND5 (~302bp).